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Originally Posted by abaya
Come to Iceland, where Asians of all background get to be called "grjóni" behind their backs, which translates as the Asian equivalent of "nigger" or "wetback." Quite a few Icelanders hate immigrants "contaminating" their country here, and the majority of the factory workers and domestic workers (immigrants) here are Polish and Asian. You'd better believe the Asians, with their easily-identifable dark hair and different features, are the ones that stick out, and for whom there is an entire political party whose platform is based on trying to get them all "back where they came from." It is quite shameful, at the moment, to be an Asian residing in Iceland.
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That is a real pity, my opinion of Icelanders has dropped a few notches. Of course the only thing I held them in high esteem for in the first place was hot springs and Björk, but I may need to reconsider...